This looks WAY bigger than The Village .. and that's already at $200 ... The piece count looks to be around double .. but I think $400 will be a very difficult price point .... $200 will definitely be a steal just to get those bricks

Wow that is impressive and I quite like the game but probably not enough to buy a d2c from minecraft, but I am more looking forward to the reveal of the next star wars UCS set (there is usually 2 every year right?)

@Huw: One of the Facebook teasers said it was the biggest LEGO Minecraft set ever, so I think it's safe to assume it'll be priced higher than the village. And frankly, I remember AFOLs being just as skeptical about people's willingness to buy The Village, yet presumably it's sold well if LEGO is already releasing yet another mega-set.

Suffice it to say that kids who like a licensed set probably don't care that much how basic the bricks are as long as it's a faithful rendition of its subject. Even among us AFOLs I rarely see people talk about https://brickset.com/sets/3723-1/LEGO-Mini-Figure as if it were any sort of ripoff, and it was basically 1849 basic bricks and plates for the equivalent of $212 2014 dollars!

I am not really into Minecraft, having bought just one set via ebay second hand to check out whether it might be worth it. To me it's more or less just an assortment of basic bricks which I can get for a fraction of the cost (and in more varied colours to boot) if I buy some Creative brick boxes.Then again, this set at least looks quite interesting compared to other Minecraft sets, plus it does the name justice more than many other sets of the theme as it is an actual MINE ;-)But sets that cost 200 Euro and more to me have to be more than just a pile of basic bricks. I mean, compare this to a Disney Castle, GB Firehouse Headquarter, an Assembly Square, a Tower Bridge, Slave I, etc.With that in mind I can't fathom why anyone would want to buy even an admittedly giant Minecraft set like this.

And this is what they're using their last plastic? Really? I'm disappointed. LEGO's normal ABS plastic mass won't last over 2019, so I really hope they will make something cool before it runs out. This is not what I want to see. Please LEGO, make something big and imposing like this, but not in Minecraft! :(

I love the look of it! I get that not everyone loves Lego Minecraft and it basically comes down to what you like and how you relate to the hobby. I like the concept of Lego Minecraft for a number of reasons: I like the game it's based on, I like the potential of combining different sets and adding mocs to realise wast landscapes and I like the "blockiness" of it because it harbours a feeling of what the core essentials of this hobby is and what it was when I was younger. I'm no purist but a Minecraft landscape is something I'll interact with more than just another Star Wars UCS set that will collect dust on a shelf (I do love them as well and have a number of them).

I'm not interested enough in Minecraft to buy the Village at discount. So I probably won't buy this unless it ever goes to 50%- 60% of whatever inflated RRP TLG give it.More new elements might have made it more tempting?

As a fan of LEGO landscapes and structures (as well as Minecraft), this is very appealing to me. I was sorry to miss out on The Cave, but this is even better as it is so much more fleshed out... although probably up to 3x the price. I look forward to seeing the exact price and piece count. Also very curious about the back of it, and to see if it will have different reconfigurations like the other recent Minecraft sets.

I consider this set as the Flagship set of the entire Minecraft theme. This is going to be the 'big daddy' that encapsultes LEGO and Minecraft together. I am not saying that there have not been some other excellent sets in the theme but I am saying this will be the THE set that would represent LEGO Minecraft at its best and as a completely standalone LEGO Minecraft set. Also as we have not even seen the interior this can only get better in my opinion. Yes this theme is not for everyone but I cannot think of a theme that fits 'hand in glove' better with LEGO than Minecraft. My bank account will needless to say.

Noones mentioned it yet but there is an abundance of technic pieces which are not common in minecraft sets. I believe there are two cranks visible, one on top of the snow at the top-right, and one at the bottom of the waterfall in bottom-right. I believe the top one has some mechanism to kick the carts down the slope, no clue on the second crank.

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